| Show years but bug add lusterio of washington on the anniversary of the birth of george washington a national holl day il ay iy and one that inspires and im ICIS 1018 a new consecration to tile ideals deals und and institutions of a free und and independent go eminent bought alth the blood of patriots it Is fitting filling that a review ice of tile life mid and works of this great american bo be made in every home and before every group history prients us with alth few char so worthy thy of admiration find and este estelin ein it presents pie us ua with etli few lles lives despite who in the early days daa of the nineteenth century published so culled called intimate aiu oos thit that were eie manifestly fictitious ff so of emulation Out outstanding ng among the errors and absurdities of so called tire aie those in the life of george washington written b by rev alason L beems and abd published tile the year icar after the death of the father of ills country no one not even cen so grent great and vow po kr 4 it a nian as washington could ely live he down don in history the rep of a goody good goody prig with which the well meaning but over oell clous scottish divine smothered him the cherry tree stary fiction of the whole cloth lias had and but few rivals in publicity and hns has done the memory of this great ninn man of red blood and unflagging courage more harm than good the real washington fortunately is as the generations have collie and gone the real wash ington the washington ft who ho was the leading of thought and judgment in the continental congress who led with spirit and masterful generalship the aminy of the revola tion who guided the building of the tenets of faith in a new structure the federal constitution who for two terms served its as the alio first president of the united states fortunately Fortunat efy the real mis washington hington lias has stood out stronger and greater lis as a its as nn an executive as a cons its as a patriot ns s a man as a force in moril lender leadership ship as the years have passed in generations apt unborn lip he will grow rather than shrink in ili universal appraisement the mental gifts or of george washington were not of the lie adnas llna kind ills his talents were not and yet hlf good judgment founded upon tin nn inborn wisdom wis doin was forceful find appealing lie ile was not tin nn orator like patrick henry who labored with illi for a rol repeal cal of tile iniquitous stamp net let lie ile was not its as dash I 1 ing find and as impulsive as either ablin or saintel adams anil and yet bogli tit of them during tile the intense stress find the exciter excitement nent of the proceedings ot of lie continental congress turned to washington for tits his thoughtful advice find deliberate conclusions and adams front from the floor declared tha alie quiet alnio at silent lender leader tile unerring son eon of george washington having been born in westmoreland county on february 22 1732 1792 deserved immortal title this ans in september 1774 all of the colonies were here represented tit at the time except georgia the people of that state were in deep sy sympathy n i with the congress but their royal governor prevented the lite appointment of delegates washington was a man of unusual power because ills his traits of character were so finely proportioned and adjusted and so firmly controlled by a heroic will enill find fine moral faculty ile he could withstand a like disaster 11 gas t C r and obloquy tie he could reject the of ambition ile he was its noved moved by but one aspiration fi to pro mote tile good government of ills country find the happiness and pros of the people lie he well deserved the lie noble title that will po fro with his fits name balne throughout tile the ex es of human history just a word about the origin of washington his fits personal lite life and ills his career as a soldier a statesman and its as an executive ile he was tile the grandson of john washington who eini emigrated grated in 1659 lg ia from Northampton shire england whore the family had been of higi high social and financial standing ills grandfather acquired great land holdings along the potomac Io tomac and high so chit and public position the ancestral home was inherited Inherit eI oy augustine washington who was tilt tha fatter of george and fl five ve other children george washington became interested in surveying and while a mere lad 11 surveyed the great fairfax esta estates tVs ile he later surveyed the proposed cagial cain al route between st alares georgia via st SL marks florida fani fda and to the sippi river in tinie time lie he inherited tile great mount vernon estate froin nil fill older bi brother oiher lie he became active in colonial military life ant and vs its quick ly promoted to lo colonel won important point when orders came calne front from the arlt ish crown that any engllish field should lie he superior to a colonial officer of licer even or of higher rank colonel ol onel W washing washington ton took the lie issue direct 0 to o Ce general shirley the commander in iii chief and won after tits lita will willmary tary career its is n colonial officer lie wits was elected to the house of burgesses burgess Cs of in lie married mrs martha custas tile the wealthiest widow in vir glunn find for several years lived quietly as H n great planter tit nt ills home hoine overlooking tt a potomac and tile lie lands of vio grent great capital city which now bers his fits name in 1773 tie lie again became active in public affairs as aa a of tile tho williamsburg convention which asserted the right of tho colonies to self go gomi v e ile he then declared tile the cardinal car darial principle that taxation and representation could not be just ly separated span rated great in military leadership on oil june 15 1775 colonel washington was elected by the continental congress the coin inn lider ln in calef of the lie american forces lie ile assumed command with the declaration that lie he did not feel himself equal to the task but with a consecrated will to break the british yoke lie he went buic quietly ay into the mobilization of its ills forces borcea and into tile manner of their training and equipments the battle of dunker bunker hill had already taken pance with will inucci enuch credit to tile patriots pati lots but the military forces were vere without leadership or discipline line lie ile brought order out of chaos it Is unnecessary here to go into the history of the war the great eon con illet between two ji master laster generals washington and ai id cornwallis the odds odda were agi against finst general washing ton ile he conquered and lie was conquered ile he never flinched llis ills sufferings fe feil along with ills hla men were intense the story of valley forge will always live in the sympathetic hearts of Anier americans lenns lie ile won non through generalship for even een british I 1 historians hae hav e declared washington the strongest and ablest man lor of tits his day and genera geneia tion lie ile was ns not noi a meteor of war like alex inder or napoleon Nn but a genius masterly farewell after the alie aniol smokes es of the revolution cleared with ich the victory of tile he patriots the convention met in 1 77 anil and lie he was ving chosen cho i an ats its president brorn tills this can cainie ie the federal consi constitution I 1 tilt ton which gladstone de clifred to be the soundest ode code of or graile lna laws ever trained in any nation I 1 ile ho was unanimously elected of tile newly created union ant and he declared in acceptance that he did so with lh moie inore diffidence ant and reluctance than lie ever CUT exper kneed before ile he M IS elected reelected re in ili 1712 Us ills fire ivell address to congress delia ered eidd in ili three lenng prior to his death will III lle live gli tile lie hs its as one of the flip greatest pipat pst ablest nil and wisest 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